Okefenokee Toastmasters

Club #8269, Area 83.

Division H, District 14. Volume 11 Issue 5 May 2019 Chartered Club since 1991
East.

 Lunch Hour Meetings: Okefenokee Toastmasters meet at Okefenokee Toastmasters Club

South Georgia State College, Waycross Campus, James Dye Officers 2018-2019
Student Services Building in Room 108 on Wednesdays at President: Michael-Angelo James
noon. VP Education: Wayne Caffarel
 Mission: We provide a supportive and positive learning ex- VP Membership: Trey Adamson
perience in which members are empowered to develop com-
VP Public Relations: Janice Williams
munication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-
confidence and personal growth. Treasurer: Linda Titus
Secretary: Barbara Jackson
Sergeant at Arms: Bud Montero
Retweets @Oketoast

Event Coming Up
@JoanDetz
Preparing a speech?
Identify the best phrases Event: Toastmasters Inter-
in your opening and national Convention
work them into your
ending. Repetition Date: August 21– 24, 2019
works.
Location: Denver, Colorado
@PFripp
How to deliver a stellar
speech: Word Power
1. Look the part.
2. Act naturally. One role of the Grammarian at a
3. Don’t tell what you Quote of the Month Toastmasters meeting is to
can show. bring a “Word of the Week” and
4. Choose your empha- “First Who...Then What. We ex- listen for its usage. Here are
sis. pected that good-to great leaders
5. Move about if you can. some words we have used at our
would begin by setting a new vi-
6.Vary your intensity. club meetings recently:
sion and strategy. We found in-
stead that they first got the right arduous (adj.) = strenuous, dif-
@PFripp
people on the bus, the wrong peo- ficult
How do I polish my
speech? ple off the bus, and the right peo- exert (v.) = to make a physical
1. Be interesting ple in the right seats—and then or mental effort, to wield
2. Stay on track they figured out where to drive
3. Clear & concise it.”~ Jim Collins, Good to Great, persnickety (adj.) = fussy, picky
4. Effective page 13. shirk (v.) = to avoid or neglect a
5. Personal
6. Politically correct duty or responsibility
 Photo: Joseph James (right) receiving his “First
Timer” ribbon from club president, Michael-Angelo
James (left).
Okefenokee Toastmasters are always thrilled to
have visitors observe their meetings. Joseph James,
Catering Manager at Hog N Bones in Waycross,
was our special guest at a recent meeting and even
participated in Table Topics. At that meeting,
Toastmaster Linda Titus was voted Best Speaker.
Her speech project was “The Roast” from the Special
Occasions manual. She chose to poke fun at fellow
Toastmaster Wayne Caffarel in a good-natured way.
Her challenge was to present witty anecdotes about
Wayne in 3 to 5 minutes. Toastmaster Orrie
McCrea was voted Best Speech Evaluator for his
helpful feedback on the roast. New member DeVonn
Smith was voted Best Table Topics Speaker.

Pathways Help: How to Record Your Connect and Share

Meeting Roles Check out our social media links for com-
munication and leadership tips.
 LinkedIn
1. Log into Toastmasters.org
2. Click on Pathways.  Facebook
3. Go to Base Camp.  Pinterest
4. Go to Base Camp Profile—About Me.
5. Use pencil icon and complete Sum-  Twitter
mary and Interests. (Optional)  Website:
6. Click on My Account.
http://okefenokee.toastmasterscl
Use calendar to add dates for meeting
ubs.org
roles.
Save.  Email:
Log Out (wheel icon at top right). oketoast8269@gmail.com

Breaking News: We won Best Club Newsletter for 2018-2019 in the

Georgia Toastmasters District 14 Public Relations contest.

CHARTER MEMBERS: John Penland 1926-2015 (Sponsor), Andrew Slocum, Joe Gant,
Harry D. Dixon, Jr., Carolyn Morton (Akins), Phil Wysong, C.J. Broome, Paul O’Cain, James
C. Bunch, W.F. Stephens, Jeanette Stipe, Tom Strickland, Fred Barber, John Karew, Reuben
Flanders, E. Nash Williams, Jerri Davis, Doris Germano, Andy Spivey, Audrey West, and
Margaret Park. Compiled by Janice Williams.